Body-garment.



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(Application filed Oct 14, 1899 l (No Modal m: Nouns PETERS co. Puma-urns WASHINGTON, n. c.

NITED STATES MAURICE BARTELSTONE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

BODY-GARMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,489, dated January 16, 1900.

Application filed October 14,1899. Serial No- 733,605.- (No model.) 7

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE BARTELsToNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Body-Garments or Wearing-Apparel, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in body-garments, and has special reference to a means for retaining and supporting trousers or even a skirt or drawers in position upon the body of the wearer.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a garment-supporting means which allows the garment to be instantly placed upon or removed from the wearer and which does not in any way mar the appearance of the dress, but really adds to it.

Another object of myinvention is the provision of a very simple, durable, and inexpensive means for the purpose named, which is very useful and practical.

To attain the desired objects,the invention consists of a body-garment embodying novel features of construction and combination of parts substantially as disclosed herein.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the upper portion of a pair of trousers with my supporting means attached. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the supporting means detached. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the supporting means looking at its inner side, and Fig. 4 is a view of the fastener for securing the supporting means in place.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates a pair of trousers; but I would have it understood that a skirt or drawers may be employed, said trousers being constructed with the fly B, which buttons in the customary manner; but at the upper part of the side seams O, I form the slits or openings D, which areadaptedto contact end on end or overlap, as circumstances may require, and to hold this opening closed I employ my improved supporting means, which dispenses with suspenders and buttons. This means consists of two similarly-constructed bodies E, one of which terminates in the strap or strip F, at whose end is secured the buckle F, which is adapted to be engaged by the strap or tongue G of the other body to draw the edges or sidesof the opening together and cause the waistband of the trousers to fit closely around the waist of thewearer.

I make these bodies detachable from the waistband and employ the hooks H, provided with the short arms L, said hooks 'with the arms being adapted to be secured in the bodies and said hooks being adapted to engage the eye or strip M, secured in the waistband of the trousers.

From this construction, taken in connection with the drawings, it will be seen that by employing my invention no special waist measurement is required to be made or kept in stock, as is the general practice, and also that the straps can be let out to accommodate the expansion and contraction offthe wearers waist.

It is evident that I provide a simple, durable, and cheap device for this purpose and one which is entirely efficientand practical.

I claim- 1. As an article of manufacture, a body garment having a waistband, slits upon the sides of the garment extending from the top of the waistband and down below the same, attaching means secured to the waistband upon each side of said slits, and detachable means for holding the slits closed to hold the garment upon the wearer, said means consisting of the bodies arranged in pairs one of each carrying a buckle and the other'of each provided with a tongue to be engaged by said buckle to the other bodies, and means carried by said bodies to engage said attach-' ing means of the waistband to hold the bodies in place.

2. As an article of manufacture, a bodygarment having a waistband, slits upon the sides of the garment extending from the top of the waistband and down below the same, and detachable means for holding the slits closed to hold the garment upon the wearer, said means consisting of the bodies arranged in pairs one of each carrying a buckle and the other of each provided with a tongue to be engaged by said buckle of the other bodies, and a plate provided with a hook carried by each body to detachably secure them to the waistband of the garment.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MAURICE BARTELSTONE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM '1. PLUMB, GEORGE D. WILLIAMS. 

